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Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on the UK and other Ukrainian allies to stop "watching" and provide long-range weapons to strike North Korean troops in Russia before they enter combat.The "first thousands of soldiers from North Korea are near the Ukrainian border" and Ukrainians "will be forced to defend themselves against them", the Ukrainian president said in a Telegram video. "And the world will watch again."Mr Zelenskyy said Ukraine had pinpointed every location where North Korean soldiers had been stationed in Russia, but said Kyiv's allies had not supplied the long-range weapons needed to hit them."But instead of such necessary long-range capability, America watches, Britain watches, Germany watches...," he said. "Everyone in the world who truly wants the Russian war against Ukraine n...

From filthy mud-caked bags Isabel picks through the only belongings she has left in the world.Grimy clothes and broken furniture among the remnants left behind by the flood in the Spanish city of Torrent. She picks up some nail varnish."What a disaster," she says.The river to her house filled with water during Tuesday's flash flooding until it smashed through the front door and burst out through the wall. Follow Spain flooding latestThe home to three generations of her family didn't stand a chance. "I didn't have time to grab anything. Not even a backpack with a laptop, clothes nothing," she says. Image: Isabel says she had no chance to grab any belongings before the floods hit Her brother Angel shows us around the wrec...

A large crowd of people were duped into lining the streets of Dublin for a Halloween parade that did not exist.Spectators turned out in force to watch the apparent procession in the Irish capital on Thursday night – until they were told there had never been any plans for one to be held. It came after a website posted a parade would be taking place in the city from 7pm. It appears the claims were then spread further on social media, including sites such as TikTok.Irish police dispersed the crowd after appealing for those in the area to leave.A Gardai statement on X said: "Please be advised that contrary to information being circulated online, no Halloween parade is scheduled to take place in Dublin City Centre this evening or tonight. "All those gathered on O'Connell Street in expectation o...